A special broadcast on national television shows men in berets, body armour and fatigues. They gather around the podium. The announcement is brief: the armed forces are taking over. Gabon today, Niger last month. It’s the eighth coup in Francophone Africa in three years.
There’s a discernible attitude in Britain to all this — not just in the streets, but in the editorial suites. Who cares? Barely covered, barely reported, the coup wave sweeping West Africa — that is remaking West Africa — is being ignored.
